this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2026
57 points (62.4% liked)
Memes
56896 readers
990 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 7 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
China is a socialist country. The commanding heights and backbone of the economy are overwhelmingly publicly owned and planned, within a state controlled and dominated by the proletariat. The existence of private capital is in petty bourgeois sole proprietorships and agricultural cooperatives, as well as in medium and highly competitive industries. The purpose of this decision is the Marxist analysis that marketization accelerates the socialization of production and distribution, thereby preparing the material base for widespread collectivization.
As for the DPRK, it certainly isn't a utopia, but it is an existing socialist state. Like China, public ownership is the principal aspect of the economy, and the working classes control the state. It also has free or low-cost housing, free healthcare and education, low working hours, and the economy is doing better than ever before, with even car ownership rising in major cities like Pyongyang despite intense trade embargo.
Cowbee coming in spitting facts let's go
🫡
There should be a bot commenting that every time a lib mentions China or the DPRK tbh
There is, the bot is named Cowbee and they are paid in ruble.
*Rubble
is not ruble?
Any day now… https://www.forbes.com/sites/mayrarodriguezvalladares/2022/03/01/from-ruble-to-rubble/
That article is 4 years old FYI....
This means it's worse than rubble now!
Only one thing to do
Why not yuan 🫠
Send an e-mail to KGB and make a better deal
Would definitely be useful.
Ya they have an excellent track record of supporting unionization and labor rights.
Definitely, that's one of the best things about the PRC.
Workers rights
Thanks! Bookmarked all of this! 😭❤️
I was joking lol, sorry.
A centralized union controlled by the government is not what I think most people would consider a “union”
They do not have the legal right to strike. http://www.bhrdw.gov.cn/Content-1771.html
I don’t understand how a union can advocate for its workers without that.
I have not read through your sources yet but thanks for including them, will go through them. Rising wages is more than I can say for the West, but I’d be careful to equate that with labor rights.
I don't want a discussion, but ask yourself.
What's the motivation for Western companies to promote or restrict rising wages? Historically, it was to placate the population so they dont look at the USSR and get funny ideas.
But now there's no USSR. Why are wages going up in China despite low inflation
Workers in the PRC absolutely have the right to strike, there are hundreds of cases a year.
Literally yes. Housing is a human right in the DPRK
Yep! The ACFTU is the world's largest federation of trade unions.